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##$$*\-... THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ...-\*$$##
####$*\--. IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS .--\*$####
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##$\---... PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ...---\$##
####$*\--. METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY .--\*$####
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##$$*\\--. CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS .--\\*$$##
####$*\--. LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. .--\*$####
#$*\--.... IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ....--\*$#
####$*\--. IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. .--\*$####
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##$\--.... YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ....--\$##
##$$$*\--. STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING .--\*$$$##
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##$\\\\--. STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL .--\\\\$##
#*\-----.. PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ..-----\*#
##$\\\\--. INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF .--\\\\$##
####$*\--. STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, .--\*$####
##$\---... BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ...---\$##
####$*\--. SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE .--\*$####
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####$*\--. IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN .--\*$####
##**--.... YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ....--**##
####$*\--. BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! .--\*$####
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#$\--..... SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, .....--\$#
####$*\--. THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL .--\*$####
####$*\--. SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN .--\*$####
####$*\--. PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM .--\*$####
####$*\--. TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR .--\*$####
#$**\--... THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ...--\**$#
###*-..... MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE .....-*###
###$\-.... NETWORK... ....-\$###
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####$*\--. THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS .--\*$####
#$$\-----. NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE .-----\$$#
####$*\--. CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL .--\*$####
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####$*\--. A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, .--\*$####
##$*\-.... WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ....-\*$##
#####*\--. LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS .--\*#####
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